Mazhalai Pattalam

<p>The film is a love story of the hero, taking care of his six children and the heroine, taking care of her now-orphaned sister’s five children. The children, who are always at loggerheads, make their marriage an impossibility until they are forced to join forces. The film, announced in 1979, is the directorial debut of , who was supervised by . The story is based on the 1968 film . When Balachander approached to write the screenplay and dialogues, he left his job at a travel company and agreed to write the screenplay while also taking care of post-production activities as per Balachander’s requ- The soundtrack was composed by . The song “Gowri Manohari” is based on raga. The song was named after Gowri Manohari, a character from the film. All lyrics are written by . All lyrics are written by . was released on 9 May 1980, and on 21 July that year. Kanthan of wrote that Lakshmi’s direction in her debut did not speak; however her experienced maturity was evident. The film opened to a poor response, but picked up by the eighth week and became a success.</p>